Geography Day 3

Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography

Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals

Submitted By: Jamie Holst

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan : Students will begin learning the names of each state capital by singing along to a

capital song and by filling in the missing state or capital working with a partner.

B. Target Population: Grade Level: 3 Skill Level: on level Grouping: Whole group for procedure steps 1-4. Partners for steps 5-6.

C. Materials: Map of United States with capitals labeledElmoComputer with speakersMP3 file Wakko’s 50 State Capitals Song (if website is unavailable)Lyrics to Wakko’s 50 State Capitals SongFill in the States worksheetState Capital word search

D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards

G5.3.2 Differentiate between a city and a state using appropriate examples.

o Student-Friendly Standards

G5.3.2 I can label the capital of each state on a map.

E. Procedure: 1. Ask students to raise their hands if they know the capital of Nevada. Using the

Elmo, use the map of the United States to show students where Carson City is located.

2. Explain all states have one capital city and each one is located within the state. Stress that the capital is a city within the state.

3. Students will receive lyrics while before playing Wakko’s 50 State Capital Song. Students will listen the first time and sing together the second time.

4. Washington D.C. is included in the song. Explain to students that it is not a state capital.

5. Students will work on the “Fill in the States” worksheet with a partner. They will fill in as many states as possible from memory. Students can refer to map for help with the remaining questions and to check their answers.

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6. Students will continue working in partners to complete the word search.

7. CLOSURE: Students will sing Wakko’s 50 State Capital song once more as a class.

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding?

1. The worksheet and word search will serve as the assessment in this lesson. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the

lesson.

1. The worksheets are different from one another since one asks for the state name and the other asks for the capital. Students are able to practice with both names. Student’s answers on both worksheets will show how well students understand the capitals as they relate to each state.





Lyrics to Wakko’s 50 State Capitals Song

Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, IndianaAnd Columbus is the capital of Ohio

There's Montgomery, Alabama, south of Helena, MontanaThen there's Denver, Colorado, under Boise, Idaho.

Texas has Austin, then we go northTo Massachusetts' Boston, and Albany, New York

Tallahassee, Florida, and Washington, D.C.Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Elvis used to hang out there a lot, ya know.

Trenton's in New Jersey, north of Jefferson, MissouriYou've got Richmond in Virginia; South Dakota has PierreHarrisburg's in Pennsylvania and Augusta's up in Maine

And here is Providence, Rhode Island, next to Dover, Delaware.

Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jauntTo Montpelier, which is up in Vermont

Hartford's in Connecticut, so pretty in the fallAnd Kansas has Topeka; Minnesota has St Paul.

Juneau's in Alaska and there's Lincoln in NebraskaAnd it's Raleigh out in North Carolina and then

There's Madison, Wisconsin, and Olympia in WashingtonPhoenix, Arizona, and Lansing, Michigan.

Here's Honolulu; Hawaii's a joyJackson, Mississippi, and Springfield, IllinoisSouth Carolina with Columbia down the way

And Annapolis in Maryland on Chesapeake Bay.

They have wonderful clam chowder.

Cheyenne is in Wyomin' and perhaps you make your home inSalt Lake City out in Utah, where the Buffalo roam





Atlanta's down in Georgia, and there's Bismarck, North DakotaAnd you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home.

Salem in Oregon; from there we joinLittle Rock in Arkansas; Iowa's got Des MoinesSacramento, California; Oklahoma and its city

Charleston, West Virginia, and Nevada, Carson City.

That's all the capitals there are!

Link to Wakko’s 50 State Capital MP3





Fill in State Names

Montgomery ____________

Juneau ____________

Phoenix ____________

Little Rock ____________

Sacramento ____________

Denver ____________

Hartford ____________

Dover ____________

Tallahassee ____________

Atlanta ____________

Honolulu ____________

Boise ____________

Springfield ____________

Indianapolis ____________

Des Moines ____________

Topeka ____________

Frankfort ____________

Baton Rouge ____________

Augusta ____________

Annapolis ____________

Boston ____________

Lansing ____________

Saint Paul ____________

Jackson ____________

Jefferson City ____________

Helena ____________

Lincoln ____________

Carson City ____________

Concord ____________

Trenton ____________

SantaFe ____________

Albany ____________

Raleigh ____________

Bismarck ____________

Columbus ____________

Oklahoma City ____________

Salem ____________

Harrisburg ____________

Providence ____________

Columbia ____________

Pierre ____________

Nashville ____________

Austin ____________

Salt Lake City ____________

Montpelier ____________

Richmond ____________

Olympia ____________

Charleston ____________

Madison ____________

Cheyenne ____________





State Capital Word Search





Labeled map of the USA that will be used with the Elmo


Geography Day 3

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